James Finlay

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James Finlay

Birth name	James Fairbairn Finlay
Date of birth	(1852-04-08)8 April 1852
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	25 January 1930(1930-01-25) (aged 77)
Place of death	Guildford, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Edinburgh Academicals () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1872-74 Edinburgh District 5 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1871-75 Scotland 4 ((1 try))

Scotland's First National Rugby Team, 1871, for the 1st international, v England in Edinburgh, Scotland won by 1 goal & 1 try to 1 try

James Finlay (8 April 1852 – 25 January 1930) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Finlay played for Edinburgh Academicals.

Provincial career

Finlay was capped for Edinburgh District, playing in the very first inter-city match in 1872; and captained the side in 1874.

International career

Finlay was capped four times for Scotland between 1871 and 1875,[1][3] including the first ever international.[4] He also played for Edinburgh Academicals.[1]

Family

He was the brother of Arthur Finlay and Ninian Finlay who were also capped for Scotland.[1] They all appeared together once in 1875, in the 0–0 draw against England at Raeburn Place: James winning the last of his four caps, while Arthur and Ninian gained their first caps.[5]

References

1. Bath, p136
2. "James Fairbairn Finlay". ESPN scrum.
3. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jim Finlay - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
4. Bath, p4
5. Bath, p52

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)